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Averum

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Property.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Goods, property, substance; a beast of burden. Spelman.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old law. Goods, property, substance, royal treasure. A beast of burden.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Goods, property, a beast of burden. Spelman.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from Fr. avoir, to have.] In old law. Goods, property, substance, royal treasure. Spelman. A beast of burden. Id. See Aver. AVERSIO PERICULI. Lat.

In maritime law. An averting of, or escape from danger. A policy of insurance upon goods employed in a foreign smuggling or contraband trade, assumes the aversio periculi. 1 Emerigon, 210—215. 3 Kent's Com. 263.